As informações estão incompletas “El sumo, lengua oprimida” (53-64) . Norwood, Susan (2014)
Ameaçado
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
LUGARES
Honduras, Nicaragua
MAIS COMENTÁRIOS
Atlantic coast [Costa Caribe]
As informações estão incompletas “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
As informações estão incompletas “Theoretical and Universal Implications of Certain Verbal Entries in Dictionaries of the Misumalpan Languages” . Ken Hale and Danilo Salamanca (2001) , Frawley, Hill & Munro · University of California Press
Ameaçado
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000?
Hale and Salamanca (2001) distinguish varieties of Sumu: northern Mayangna, with the Twahka and Panamahka dialects, and southern Ulwa, finding the two (northern and southern) sufficiently different to be considered distinct languages.
LUGARES
Nicaragua, Honduras
As informações estão incompletas “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Ameaçado
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,400
In Honduras: 700 speakers, ethnic population 800-1,000. In Nicaragua: 6,700 speakers.
Ethnologue (2009) had only a single Sumo [Sum] language; Ethnologue (2013) has separated these into two separate languages: Mayangna [yan]: 8,000 in Nicaragua (Adelaar 2007). Population total all countries: 8,700. Ethnic population: 9,760 (2005 census). Ulwa [ulw]: 350 (2009 J. Mejia).
DATA DAS INFORMAÇÕES
1982
LUGARES
Nicaragua, Honduras
DESCRIÇÃO DA LOCALIDADE
In Nicragua: Upriver locations from Prinzapolka River in the south into Honduras in the north. Also in Honduras. In Honduras: Banks of the Patuca River, Gracias a Dios and parts of Olancho departments.
MAIS COMENTÁRIOS
Mayangna [yan]: Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic, along the Waspuk River, Bambana, Tungi, and Santo Tomás de Umbra, the upper Wawa. Panamahka dialect: along stretches of the Wanki River; Tuahka dialect: Wasakin area, near Rosita. Ulwa [ulw]: Autonomous Region of the South Atlantic, Karawala village.